Options look like freedom.Too many options feel like a prison.More directions.More ideas.More ways to move.It feels like abundance.It is …
Everything Has a Price
More than money.In moments.In mindshare.In meaning.Attention is what I spendwhen I forget I’m spending.I open an app.I scroll.I respond.I refresh.I …
Optimized Backwards
Sometimes everything looks wrong.It looks backwards.Like I am trapped in a reflection.The problem isn’t my effort.It’s my orientation.I’m facing the …
Misdiagnosis
My most common failure is misdiagnosis.I think I see the problem.When what I am observing is a symptom.A signal.A reaction.An echo.I name it.Frame …
Why Needs Humility
I have lost a lot of time to ‘why’.Why did this happen?Why am I like this?Why does this matter?Why is this so hard?Those questions make me feel …
The Problem Isn’t My Problem
By the time I feeloverwhelmed,stressed,pissed.I’ve already started moving things around.My calendar.My priorities.My effort.I look for the fix.Any …
Not Everything Good Is Mine
A good idea.A good opportunity.A good person asking nicely.Sometimes I’m even the good person.My first filter is capacity.Can I do it?Do I have enuf …
Largest Percentage
I’m sure I see it clearly.The dynamic.The problem.The path.I trust my read.I call it reality.It’s a fragment.The loop of filteringfor …
Perfection Isn’t a Principle
I’m refining.Reworking.Almost there.I call it high standards.It’s fixation.I want it just right.Except I’ve never defined “right.”I couldn’t see the …
Nearness Is More Than Proximity
I thought we were aligned. Same goals. Same direction. Same page. Then I felt distance.Drift.Disconnection.I told myselfit was timing.Or bandwidth.Or …
Why? Why Not?
I ask WHY to get grounded.To find the centerof what matters.I tell myself it’s clarity.I can use it as a form ofhesitation.“I need more information.”I …
Discernment is a Selection
An election between partsI cast all the votes.Refinement.Alignment.Discernment is separation.Choosing this, not that.Acting now, not later.It’s the …